The Washington Capitals will play the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night at Scotiabank Arena is Toronto, Ontario.
The Washington Capitals are 0-1-0 this season after they lost to Boston by a score of 5-2 on Wednesday night. Washington outshot Boston by a total of 35-30, but lost the faceoff battle by a total of 37-22 in the loss. Anthony Mantha led the Capitals with a goal and six shots in the game. Darcy Kuemper stopped 25 shots for a .862 save percentage, but did let in four goals. The projected starter goalie for Washington is Charlie Lindgren, who was 5-0-0 with a 1.22 goals against average and a .958 save percentage for the Blues last season.
The Toronto Maple Leafs are 0-1-0 this season after they lost to Montreal by a score of 4-3 on Wednesday night. Toronto had the 1-0 and 2-1 lead, but couldn’t hold the lead. The two teams traded goals late in the third period, before Montreal scored the game-winning goal with only 19 seconds left. Toronto outshot Montreal by a total of 32-23, while Montreal won one more faceoff than Toronto did. William Nylander led the Maple Leafs with one goal, one assist, and five shots in the loss. Matt Murray stopped 19 shots in the game for a .826 save percentage, but did let in four goals. The projected starting goalie for Toronto is Ilya Samsonov, who was 23-12-5 with a 3.02 goals against average and a .896 save percentage for the Capitals last season.
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